A proposed bill by Sen. Lindsey Graham to prevent online child exploitation imagery could have a disastrous effect on end-to-end encryption.
If the US government moves to weaken strong encryption, it could have severe consequences for users around the world, experts say.
The encryption debate is as old as the Internet, and Jennifer Granick warns that giving ground now could have serious long-term effects.
Signal is developing an updated private group system that provides enhanced capabilities and security for group administrators.
The "debate" over how law enforcement can have lawful access to encrypted messages is anything but civil. The Encryption Working Group attempted to find common ground and made some proposals, but no agreement on how messages can be viewed without undermining encryption.